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Weekend Open Forum: What is your current screensaver?

Maybe you don't have one at all

By Cal Jeffrey, July 21, 2017, 6:04 PM 4 comments

Mobile Gaming

Razer is reportedly developing a smartphone for 'hardcore gamers'

By Shawn Knight, July 21, 2017, 5:00 PM 3 comments

Mobile The Web

Verizon has been throttling Netflix and YouTube speeds, but they have an excuse

Excuses are like... What are they like again?

By Cal Jeffrey, July 21, 2017, 4:06 PM

Industry The Web

Amazon is being investigated by the FTC for alleged deceptive discounting

By Shawn Knight, July 21, 2017, 3:00 PM 5 comments

Trivia Software

Windows Millennium Edition (ME) shipped with all of these features, except...

Launched in September 2000, Windows ME is immediately recognized as Microsoft's worst consumer OS.

By Julio Franco, July 21, 2017, 2:40 PM

Mobile

No, Facebook isn't making a modular smartphone

By Shawn Knight, July 21, 2017, 1:45 PM

Car Tech

Lyft is developing its own self-driving technology

By Shawn Knight, July 21, 2017, 1:00 PM

Mobile

LG Q8 is a compact, water-resistant version of the V20

And probably cheaper

By Rob Thubron, July 21, 2017, 12:00 PM

Security Industry

Cisco predicts more destructive malware on the horizon

Permanent damage may become more prevalent in cyber attacks

By Greg Synek, July 21, 2017, 11:15 AM

Blog The Web

TechSpot is hiring! We're looking for news reporters to join our team

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Microsoft

Microsoft Office 365 revenue surpasses traditional Office sales

Cloud business remains strong, Windows was up too

By Jose Vilches, July 21, 2017, 10:15 AM

The Web Security

For the second time this week, hackers steal Ethereum cryptocurrency worth millions of dollars

$34 million was stolen, but white hat hackers prevented it from being more

By Rob Thubron, July 21, 2017, 9:30 AM 17 comments

Trivia Industry

QR codes were first created back in 1994 as a way to track what?

QR code is short for Quick Response Code.

By Julio Franco, July 21, 2017, 9:00 AM

Tech Culture

New Bright trailer shows Netflix's fantasy is like Shadowrun: the movie

The streaming site's most expensive original production to date

By Rob Thubron, July 21, 2017, 8:00 AM 6 comments

Software Industry

Soon you will be able to talk to Alexa on your Android phone and your dishwasher

What ever happened to talking to real people?

By Cal Jeffrey, July 21, 2017, 7:00 AM 5 comments

Mobile

Samsung invite confirms the Galaxy Note 8 will be unveiled at New York event on August 23rd

Just under 5 weeks to wait

By Rob Thubron, July 21, 2017, 6:15 AM

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-7800X: 30 Game Battle!

FEATURE By Steven Walton, July 21, 2017, 2:00 AM TechSpot Hardware

After comparing Intel's new Core i7-7800X and AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 in productivity workloads, we're back by popular request to learn whether Intel still takes the cake when it comes to high-end gaming.